Rapid City, S.D. Snow and wind create poor visibility on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, as a man walks along a street in Rapid City, S.D. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Chris Huber) Attacking the Plains in the spring, Winter Storm Walda might be a system in the wrong season. However, its seasonal confusion hasn't weakened the storm, as forecasts are calling for as much as two feet of snow (and possibly more) to fall in some areas. Above is our collection...

With the worst of Winter Storm Walda finally subsiding, several states are left waiting for temperatures to warm up and the snow melt to begin. The storm has broken records as it slammed the Rockies, Plains and Midwest, dumping more than two feet of snow in some parts while spawning tornadoes in warmer states. In all, three deaths have been reported from the cumulative effects of the storm. (MORE: Is April Snow Unusual?) Snow accumulates on a stop sign along...

Even Temperature Contrasts are Bigger in Texas! While snowstorms in April are not uncommon, Winter Storm Walda has certainly produced its share of odd weather. An incredible temperature contrast across the state of Texas on April 9, 2013. (FORECAST: Tracking Winter Storm Walda) The driving distance from Dalhart, Texas, in the northern Texas Panhandle, to Laredo, along the Rio Grande River, is roughly 750 miles, or just over 11 hours. That said, an incredible temperature contrast set up on April...

Dalton, Minn. A car is almost completely covered up by snowfall from Winter Storm Xerxes on Monday, April 15, 2013. (Facebook/Debbir Kaminski) Winter Storm Xerxes blanketed the Dakotas and Minnesota with snow, freezing rain, and blizzard conditions, knocking out power and closing interstates on Sunday and Monday. "This latest winter storm can only be compounding the misery for folks in the region," says weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "Fargo has yet to reach 50 degrees this year, and we don't expect...

Selected snowfall totals from Winter Storm Xerxes. Winter Storm Xerxes (pronounced ZERK-sees) was the 24th named storm in The Weather Channel's alphabetical list of winter storms for 2012-13. (MORE: ) Xerxes was named on April 13. In this case, "X" marked the Northern Plains, particularly North Dakota where the lion's share of the heavy snow fell. At one point, Interstate 94 was closed from the North Dakota/Montana border all the way east to Fargo, N.D. Record-breaking snowfall occurred in central...

Dalton, Minn. A car is almost completely covered up by snowfall from Winter Storm Xerxes on Monday, April 15, 2013. (Facebook/Debbir Kaminski) Winter Storm Xerxes was yet another late-season pain for the Northern Plains, dumping more unneeded snow on the Dakotas and elsewhere. Roads were forced to close for the second time in two weeks, and travel was crippled in some areas. Above are a collection of photos from the storm, and as you can see, Xerxes brought more than...

Boulder, Colo. Elementary school students are dropped off at class as Winter Storm Zeus dropped snow over Boulder, Colo., Tuesday April 23, 2013. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says avalanche danger there is considerable. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Winter Storm Zeus delivered even more snow to parts of the Rockies, Plains, and Upper Midwest on April 22-23, 2013, and was promptly followed by record cold temperatures. The additional snowfall, coming on the heels of Winter Storms Walda, Xerxes and Yogi earlier...

Winter Storms 2012-2013 The Winter Weather Summary is issued daily during the winter season to discuss the large scale weather pattern across the U.S. as well as the timing and location of specific winter impacts. Outside of the winter season the product will be issued on an "as needed" basis. In an effort to increase awareness and enhance communication of disruptive, impactful winter storms, The Weather Channel named winter storms starting in the 2012-2013 season. The list of names used...

Flooding Increasing This Week Animation of the Red River at Fargo, N.D. from Apr. 22-28. (Credit: USGS/City of Fargo) Fargo's Top 5 Floods of Record1) Mar. 28, 2009 (40.84')2) Apr. 18, 1997 (39.72')3) Apr. 7, 1897 (39.10')4) Apr. 9, 2011 (38.81')5) Apr. 15, 1969 (37.34') According to the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, N.D., looking at the top 15 crests all-time for which snowmelt was a prime factor, none of them occurred after April 19 in Fargo or after...

Snow at Cross Lutheran Church in Minnesota on May 12, 1946. (Maplewood Area Historical Society) As we begin tracking the next snowstorm of the season, which has already dumped over a foot of snow in the Front Range, we wanted to look back at other notable May snowstorms. (More: ) May snowfall is nothing unusual for the Rocky Mountains, but pretty much everywhere else, it's rare. One of the more recent May snowstorms outside the Rockies was on May 18,...

Late-season Winter Storm Achilles battered the Great Plains, Rockies, and Midwest with a vengeance, dumping record snow in some towns while dropping temperatures to record levels in others. "Winter Storm Achilles will go down in history as one of the greatest snowstorms so late in the season for the Midwest," said weather.com meteorologist . "Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota may have set new state snowfall records for the month of May. Snow was reported in Arkansas for the first time in...

Historic May Snowstorm Winter Storm Achilles wasan historic, record-breaking May snowstorm for the Midwest and even parts of the South. We have a look at 10 of the most amazing aspects of this storm ranging from extreme temperatures to where we've seen record snowfall. We begin with a city that went from feeling summer heat to shivering like it was the heart of winter. Highs Tuesday versus Thursday morning temperatures. (MORE: | ) On the final two days of April,...